A Texas man admits his method "probably wasn't the safest nor smartest," but he's glad he was able to chase down a 94-year-old woman driving the wrong way down a West Texas highway.

Thomas Prado, a professional driver from Lubbock, was driving north on U.S. Highway 277 near Stamford, about 30 miles north of Abilene, on Aug. 22 when he had to swerve to avoid a car coming at him.

He turned onto the southbound lanes to follow the woman as she continued driving into oncoming traffic. When the woman didn't respond to his calls for her to stop, he crossed over to the wrong side of the highway as well.

"If I was to get hit in that bigger transit van that I was in, it could possibly but not necessarily save her," Prado told KLBK-TV. "I could take more of a hit than she probably could."

Please excuse language!
I drive 537 miles a day so I see many wild things on the road but absolutely nothing this...

Video Prado posted on Facebook shows him opening the car's door to help the woman, who is seated on a cushion and listening to country music. He unfastens her seat belt for her and helps her walk to her passenger seat.

The woman told Prado she needed to get to an appointment at 8 a.m., he wrote on Facebook, noting that it was 9 a.m. when he stopped her. When he asked if he could call a family member to help her she told him, "I have a cat."

Prado said electrical workers helped block traffic and that other drivers also turned around to help until authorities arrived. The woman made it home safely, he said.

"I'm no hero … but I saw the right thing to do and so can you!" he wrote.